Former minister criticizes premier

VICTORIA - If Premier Clark is looking for a break from criticism, Monday wasn’t the day. And this time it’s not the NDP attacking Christy Clark, the comments are coming from within the Liberal Caucus. Former Finance Minister, Kevin Falcon tells The Globe and Mail, the premier overstepped her bounds when she announced the tallest wooden building in the world would be built in Prince George. The Wood Innovation and Design Centre was meant to be a massive showcase. “But, you know... projects... government’s ability to pay for things isn’t unlimited,“ Premier Clark told reporters at the Legislature. But Falcon says the project was scaled back because Clark should not have made the promise in the first place, because the Province didn’t have the money to pay for it. Now the Former Finance Minister’s words are being used to ridicule the project. “In terms
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